On the Senate floor today, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) got into a debate with Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) over the impacts of tariffs on small businesses. Markey delivered scathing remarks lambasting Donald Trump for firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner all because the recent jobs report data made him look bad.

When the economic news is bad, Trump thinks he can just shoot the messenger. Here’s how the firing played out, as well as analysis and reaction.

Washington: US President Donald Trump ordered the dismissal of the country’s labour statistics commissioner following a shock employment report which he alleged, without evidence, was “rigged” for political purposes.